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Whenever Andre Mariner is pictured on TV he's shaking his head saying 'No!' to a player moaning for a penalty.
 

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Why do i have the weird feelings that the league cup is actually stronger then the FA cup, in recent times. Better teams reach the semi's in league cup, rather then the other.
 

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There was no CL final in 2006, it was just back-to-back Liverpool vs Milan finals.
 

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Jesse Lingard only ever gets compared with players younger than him
 

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Why do i have the weird feelings that the league cup is actually stronger then the FA cup, in recent times. Better teams reach the semi's in league cup, rather then the other.
This is not a weird feeling, this is true.
 

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Mourinho didn’t win the Premier League in his second stint at Chelsea.

He came back, said something about a horse, then went mental and sacked a doctor for no reason.
 

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I never see players clean through, 1 on 1 with the keeper any more. Not happened since Henry.
 

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Morata is a Morientes regen.

Left backs are better going forward but right backs are better defensively. (Applies more to the late 90s early 00s)

A Left back will score more rockets and are more likely to be penalty takers than a right back

Traditional Right wingers don’t exist anymore. They’re either number 10’s or inverted wingers.
 

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Ever since SAF left, the moment fans start getting excited over something, if it's justified or not, we hit a brick wall, lose the next game and consequently spiral into a bit of a losing run. Which is why the following weekend might be a bit shit.

Also Lukaku plays better with short sleeves.
 

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It is written in the lawbooks of the country that tv pundits have to ask players and managers if they thought they deserved the win after they've pulled off a shock victory. The only exception to this is if the players and managers just come out and say it anyway, which they do half the time without being prompted.
 
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Why do i have the weird feelings that the league cup is actually stronger then the FA cup, in recent times. Better teams reach the semi's in league cup, rather then the other.
This is not a weird feeling, this is true.
Think this is definitely a weird feeling rather than what's actually happening.

League Cup Semis 2018/19 - Spurs vs Chelsea (PL vs PL) & City vs Burton (PL vs L1)

League Cup Semis 2017/18 - City vs Bristol (PL vs CH) & Arsenal vs Spurs (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2017/18 - United vs Spurs (PL vs PL) & Chelsea vs Southampton (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2016/17 - United vs Hull (PL vs PL) & Southampton vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2016/17 - Chelsea vs Spurs (PL vs PL) & Arsenal vs City (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2015/16 - Stoke vs Liverpool (PL vs PL) & Everton vs City (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2015/16 - Everton vs United (PL vs PL) & Palace vs Watford (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2014/15 - Liverpool vs Chelsea (PL vs PL) & Sheff. United vs Spurs (L1 vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2014/15 - Reading vs Arsenal (CH vs PL) & Villa vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2013/14 - Sunderland vs United (PL vs PL) & City vs West Ham (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2013/14 - Wigan (CH) vs Arsenal (PL) & Hull vs Sheff. United (PL vs L1)

League Cup Semis 2012/13 - Bradford vs Villa (L2 vs PL) & Chelsea vs Swansea (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2012/13 - Millwall vs Wigan (CH vs PL) & Chelsea vs City (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2011/12 - Palace vs Cardiff (CH vs CH) & City vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2011/12 - Liverpool vs Everton (PL v PL) & Spurs vs Chelsea (PL vs PL)

FA Cup Semis have nearly always been stronger.
 

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Ever since SAF left, the moment fans start getting excited over something, if it's justified or not, we hit a brick wall, lose the next game and consequently spiral into a bit of a losing run. Which is why the following weekend might be a bit shit.

Also Lukaku plays better with short sleeves.
It really has been a period of false dawn after false dawn, signings can be applied to this too but I strongly believe it’s been our managers that have been infuriatingly incompetent and now we have someone who finally gets it. We’ll still have disappointing results as every single team does no matter how good they are, but I feel so much better about things.
 

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Giggs and Blomqvist were never on the pitch at the same time.
 

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Mourinho didn’t win the Premier League in his second stint at Chelsea.

He came back, said something about a horse, then went mental and sacked a doctor for no reason.
Along similar lines, 14-15 as a season just sort of feels like it didn't happen. Or one that later became mostly insignificant. It was an incredibly plain year thinking back. Chelsea basically waltzed to the title excepting for a brief blip, City ambled to 2nd place, we mounted the beginnings of a recovery under LVG but later regressed, Pochettino was starting to build a strong Spurs side but hadn't done anything of note yet, and Arsenal just sort of finished 3rd or 4th or something. With Leicester then shocking everyone the following season it didn't feel like any of the big sides (apart from maybe Spurs) progressed from one season to another in a way that seemed at all logical or what you'd expect.
 

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Morata is a Morientes regen.

Left backs are better going forward but right backs are better defensively. (Applies more to the late 90s early 00s)

A Left back will score more rockets and are more likely to be penalty takers than a right back

Traditional Right wingers don’t exist anymore. They’re either number 10’s or inverted wingers.
This is very accurate.
 

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This is very accurate.
I'm wondering if it's perhaps because there are less left-footed players out there, and so typically you'll see more wingers with a left foot converted into left-backs than the other way round. Think of someone like Bale who's made a career as an attacker but started out as a left-back!
 

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I'm wondering if it's perhaps because there are less left-footed players out there, and so typically you'll see more wingers with a left foot converted into left-backs than the other way round. Think of someone like Bale who's made a career as an attacker but started out as a left-back!
Pre-2010 (that's a ballpark guess), fullbacks were generally failed CBs or failed Wingers, so yeah makes sense.
 

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Think this is definitely a weird feeling rather than what's actually happening.
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League Cup Semis 2018/19 - Spurs vs Chelsea (PL vs PL) & City vs Burton (PL vs L1)

League Cup Semis 2017/18 - City vs Bristol (PL vs CH) & Arsenal vs Spurs (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2017/18 - United vs Spurs (PL vs PL) & Chelsea vs Southampton (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2016/17 - United vs Hull (PL vs PL) & Southampton vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2016/17 - Chelsea vs Spurs (PL vs PL) & Arsenal vs City (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2015/16 - Stoke vs Liverpool (PL vs PL) & Everton vs City (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2015/16 - Everton vs United (PL vs PL) & Palace vs Watford (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2014/15 - Liverpool vs Chelsea (PL vs PL) & Sheff. United vs Spurs (L1 vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2014/15 - Reading vs Arsenal (CH vs PL) & Villa vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2013/14 - Sunderland vs United (PL vs PL) & City vs West Ham (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2013/14 - Wigan (CH) vs Arsenal (PL) & Hull vs Sheff. United (PL vs L1)

League Cup Semis 2012/13 - Bradford vs Villa (L2 vs PL) & Chelsea vs Swansea (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2012/13 - Millwall vs Wigan (CH vs PL) & Chelsea vs City (PL vs PL)

League Cup Semis 2011/12 - Palace vs Cardiff (CH vs CH) & City vs Liverpool (PL vs PL)
FA Cup Semis 2011/12 - Liverpool vs Everton (PL v PL) & Spurs vs Chelsea (PL vs PL)

FA Cup Semis have nearly always been stronger.
2019 is pretty strong
2017/2018 Equally
2016/2017 FAcup by far, also best semis ever
2015/2016 league cup
2014/2015 league cup only slight
2013/2014 league cup
2012/2013 FA cup
2011/2012 FA cup

so it's pretty much a tie for me
 

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Every time the opposition team scores a goal in front of the Stretford end they always celebrate in the corner by the tunnel rather than by the North stand.